24th August 2020 by Phil Mundy 3 Comments
Rather like the book “Who moved my cheese” by Dr Johnson, some businesses have managed to move with the cheese during the COVID crisis while others can’t or haven’t. I was surprised the first time I saw the effect COVID has had on turnover. Take a look at the game of two halves described by…
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16th August 2020 by Phil Mundy One Comment
As government support for COVID diminishes, and how is your business performance compared to others? Industrial activity seems to be far from anything like a ‘new normal’ or in a sustainable state with a fragile supply chain (reduced input and output stock levels), risk-averse spending, and possible over-reliance on furlough support. That introduction may paint…
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20th July 2020 by Phil Mundy 0 Comments
So how are businesses coping with COVID-19 and its fallout? Here is the latest set of business performance charts extracted for the ONS data wave 8. I’ll add commentary over the week because you can draw your own conclusions and comparison against how you are doing. It’s still a game of two halves, those that…
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3rd July 2020 by Phil Mundy 0 Comments
I have produced this series of documents to help people understand the situation beyond their local environment, to highlight fundamental difficulties faced by businesses during and post lockdown. This is my third article containing a focused view of business activity during the COVID crisis created from the much longer and detailed survey data issued by…
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18th June 2020 by Phil Mundy 0 Comments
I have produced this document to help people understand the situation beyond their local environment, to highlight fundamental difficulties, and show that there are survivors amongst the chaos. This is my second article containing a focussed view of business activity during the COVID crisis created from the much longer and detailed survey data issued by…
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6th June 2020 by Phil Mundy 0 Comments
This document is part of a seminar I delivered to Portsmouth businesses on preparing for the ‘Big Restart’, which looked at the factors affecting businesses facing a changing market and industry. The bottom line points were that companies should treat this as a start-up phase rather than a restart, and develop their processes, refresh their…
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